Active Ingredient: Charcoal activated
Emergency treatment of acute oral poisoning or drug overdose. Activated charcoal adsorbs toxic substances and reduces or prevents systematic absorption. The shorter the time interval between ingestion of the toxicant and the administration of charcoal activated, the greater is the benefit for the patient. However, as the absorption of massive drug overdoses is often retarded in acute conditions of intoxication, even the delayed administration of charcoal activated may be beneficial. In severe intoxication, repeated administration of charcoal activated is recommended to prevent absorbed drug being released (in an unbound state) in the lower intestinal tract or to expedite the elimination and prevent the re-absorption of any drug undergoing enterohepatic circulation.
For this indication, competent medicine agencies globally authorize below treatments:
Oral
25 - 50 mg
From 25 To 50 mg once every day
25 g activated charcoal, repeated if necessary.
If a large quantity of toxicant has been ingested, and where there is a risk to life, a dose of 50 g is recommended.
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